CVE-2005-4683 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

PADL MigrationTools 46, when a failure occurs, stores contents of /etc/shadow in a world-readable /tmp/nis.$$.ldif file, and possibly other sensitive information in other temporary files, which are not properly managed by (1) migrate_all_online.sh, (2) migrate_all_offline.sh, (3) migrate_all_netinfo_online.sh, (4) migrate_all_netinfo_offline.sh, (5) migrate_all_nis_online.sh, (6) migrate_all_nis_offline.sh, (7) migrate_all_nisplus_online.sh, and (8) migrate_all_nisplus_offline.sh.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00091.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Padl Software	Migrationtools

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:padl_software:migrationtools:46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4677	PADL MigrationTools 46, when a failure occurs, stores contents of /etc/shadow in a world-readable /tmp/nis.$$.ldif file, and possibly other sensitive information in other temporary files, which are not properly managed by (1) migrate_all_online.sh, (2) migrate_all_offline.sh, (3) migrate_all_netinfo_online.sh, (4) migrate_all_netinfo_offline.sh, (5) migrate_all_nis_online.sh, (6) migrate_all_nis_offline.sh, (7) migrate_all_nisplus_online.sh, and (8) migrate_all_nisplus_offline.sh.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338920
http://secunia.com/advisories/17530
http://www.osvdb.org/20839
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2427
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42335

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-02-01T02:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:53:28.515Z

Reserved: 2006-01-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-4683

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-4683

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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